The EHS Manager will serve as the primary technical lead for Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) functions within the Construction and Rental divisions of Carolina CAT, a part of the Weisiger Group. This senior-level individual contributor will implement EHS programs, reduce incidents, and foster a data-driven safety culture through collaboration with operations, fleet, HR, and legal teams.
What You'll Do
- Serve as an EHS regulatory and risk-reduction expert for the Carolina Cat division.
- Lead the implementation of EHS initiatives across all assigned locations, focusing on risk mitigation, incident reduction, and regulatory compliance.
- Identify emerging compliance risks and incident trends to independently develop and deploy targeted initiatives that address identified gaps.
- Partner directly with branch leadership and support teams to align EHS strategies with operational realities and technician needs.
- Act as a creative problem-solver to simplify complex safety challenges into actionable, site-level improvements.
- Execute a field-based safety strategy for JSA/Pre-Job Briefings to identify hazards, error traps, and controls, ensuring protection against high-energy hazards is never compromised.
- Apply Human and Organizational Performance (HOP) principles to event reviews and field audits, focusing on system resilience and 'work-as-done' rather than individual error.
- Conduct behavioral and regulatory compliance assessments and Gemba walks to provide proactive oversight of policy implementation.
- Drive safety improvement actions to closure, ensuring clear ownership, tracking, and post-closure validation of corrective actions and controls.
- Assist in developing specialized training materials and provide direct coaching and formal safety education to employees and supervisors.
- Leverage EHS data analysis to evaluate leading and lagging indicators and inform strategic business decisions.
- Coordinate with EHS staff regarding workers’ compensation claim reporting and manage new location safety system startups.
What We're Looking For
- Bachelor’s degree in occupational safety or a related field.
- Minimum of 5 years of industry experience practicing occupational safety and health management.
- General knowledge of workers’ compensation laws and claims management practices.
- Ability to establish and maintain trust through effective collaboration, negotiation, and conflict resolution.
- Strong professional presence and the ability to communicate effectively across all levels of the organization.
- Proficiency with modern Microsoft Office software (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Teams).
- Ability to consistently travel 30% – 50% to branch locations throughout Western North Carolina.
- Flexibility to travel on short notice based on business needs.
- Physical ability to stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, reach with hands and arms, talk or hear.
- Frequent sitting and frequent lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, and/or moving up to 25 pounds.
- Specific vision abilities including close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
Nice to Have
- Experience with heavy equipment, mechanical/industrial service, Construction Industry, or DOT transportation compliance.
- Professional certifications such as CSP, ASP, GSP, CIH, CHST, CHMM, or OHST.
- Candidates with a strong record of equivalent technical experience or OSHA Authorized Trainers are encouraged to apply.
Technical Stack
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft Teams
Team & Environment
- Senior-level individual contributor with cross-functional partnership across Operations, Fleet, Human Resources, and Legal.
Benefits & Compensation
- Equal Opportunity Employer: recruitment, training, promotion, and retention without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identification and expression, national origin, marital status, age, disability, genetic information, military status, sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal laws.
Work Mode
- Role requires 30%–50% travel; primarily regional day-trips with rare overnight stays; flexibility to travel on short notice.
- Locations: Western North Carolina, Branch locations throughout Western North Carolina.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We require all employees to treat all our employees and candidates as equals. All personnel actions are conducted in the spirit of equal employment. We’re committed to recruit, train, promote and retain associates without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identification and expression, national origin, marital status, age, disability, genetic information, military status, sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal laws.
